A Cross-Sectional Study of Precautions Followed By Patients Attending Primary Health Centre During The Lockdown Period of Covid-19

Authors

  • Vaseem Anjum Department of Community Medicine, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Mehaboobi Shaik Department of Community Medicine, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Keywords:

COVID 19, social distancing, hand wash, respiratory symptoms, SOB.

Abstract

During the lockdown period of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2021 the patients approaching the primary health centre were studied for a period of 3 months, from March to May in Hyderabad city. The precautions taken by these patients were also recorded using a semi-structured questionnaire. Among the 223 subjects mean age was 27.88 years, 61.9% were females, 83.4% were educated and 47.1% belonged to the SES III. Majority (50.2%) of patients were between 15 to 40 years. Below the age of 15 years constituted 28.3% and those above 40 years were 21.5%. In the study group only 12.6% suspects were asymptomatic, 31.8% had only fever, 49.3% had fever and URTI, while 6.3% had SOB along with fever and URTI. 1.8% had interstate travel history in past 15 days. 5.8% had history of contact with a COVID-19 patient or suspect. 65% patients took precautions. Under the preventive measures hand washing was 59.6% among which 69.2% used soap – water and 30.8% used alcohol rub to clean hands. 51.2% used mask while 48.2% did not use any protection. In this study the clinical symptoms were significant with age, sex, SES and preventive measures taken (p<0.05) but there was no significant association with presence of comorbidity.

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Published

2021-11-21

How to Cite

Vaseem Anjum, & Mehaboobi Shaik. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study of Precautions Followed By Patients Attending Primary Health Centre During The Lockdown Period of Covid-19. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 4(20), 8–12. Retrieved from https://www.ijhcr.com/index.php/ijhcr/article/view/3168